hi there ..im new to this board and i need help because most of the stuff doesn work for me...

i have a sansa e250 v2 and here is the problem..

it says that there is not enough space for music-db and it needs 90mb WTF?
and then it turns off .. when i connect it to my pc there are 2 devices one named e200p with some empty folders and some files but no music or stuff and i cant copy anything on it (probably recovery moder i dunno ???).. and the other device says insert something blah.. thats weird.. what shall i do? the version.sdk says FW: V03.01.16E
Region: Americas

KAWAZU, you have a v2. The v2's do not have a recovery mode that is easy to get to. If you load files via MTP mode, you will not see them in MSC mode. Same with the other way. If you load files via MSC mode, you will not see them in MTP mode. I hope that helps.

thx for quick reply ..but how can i fix this ..i cant get to this mode where i simply copy music to the device anymore cuz when i turn my player on i only see this msg telling me to make some free space.. bout 90mb and then it powers off and i cant get to the menu .. and when im plugging it into my pc it only displays the other mode with system files ..and i guess if im deleting something of these files the player wont work again right ??? is there a way to reset the firmware and/or memory to get it working again ???

You should be about the format if it boots into MSC mode. Then it should work. I am not sure how to get it working since I do not have a v2. You might want to post in the e200v2 forum to see if someone has an idea if formatting does not work.

ok ..msc mode is the mode where it displays my musik and pictures rigth ? and mtp is the mode where it
shows up:
SYS_CONF.SYS
version.sdk
RES_INFO.SYS
MTABLE.SYS
and 5 empty folders like AUDIO VIDEO RECORD ..etc ?????

I have an e250 that was working fine 6 months ago. I haven't used it since, and I connected it to my computer yesterday to charge it. It will charge and function just fine, but my computer will not recognize it. The cable is fine because my wife has the same mp3 player and it connects just fine. I tried all the steps listed to get it working again, but nothing worked. Obviously if my computer can't recognize it then I can't reformat or install the newest firmware. Any solutions?
By the way, when attempting to go in Recovery Mode, it says "Please connect USB cable," even though it is connected. And yes, I have tried all usb ports.

When i try to turn on my sansa e260, it doesn't start up but the blue scroll wheel is lit up. Originally it had frozen and gave me the whole "bad track" alert, so i turned it off and ever since then it will not even turn on.

I have tried the thing where you slide the hold button and then hold the record button down and plug it into the computer, but the computer doesn't even recognize that i plugged it in so i can't reformat it or anything. I also tried taking out the battery for a while and then putting it back in, but that didn't do anything either. I already voided the warranty by taking out the battery so i can't really talk to sandisk tech support about it. Is there any way to fix it? It is really frustrating because the player doesn't respond to anything i try.

Hey there,
I have an e250 which stop-starting on me (loads to the SANDISK screen then the screen flashes white and it restarts again) and I've tried your ultimate fix but when I enter recovery mode and connect the USB cable another message flashes up: "Enter USB2.0 MSD mode". When I try to run the firmware I get: "ERROR: Application failed to read the version details".

I've tried to run the alternate firmware you provided except the link is dead.

I can't switch USB modes (if that's the problem) because my player stopstarts before the main menu and I can't reformat from my computer because the computer won't recognise it 'til the main menu either.

I think the problem lies in the "Enter USB2.0 MSD mode" message that I'm getting on the screen of my Sansa when it's in recovery mode. Would anyone happen to know what that means and how to get around it?